August 8, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The Hill reports: The Lone Star Liberty PAC, a group supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) Senate run, rolled out an ad touting Paxton’s role in the state’s redistricting battle on Friday. The digital spot, titled “Ken Paxton puts Democrats on notice in Texas redistricting fight,” is a compilation of mainstream media coverage of the state’s redistricting saga and …
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August 8, 2025 Extremists, Trump Administration
“The president has been very clear that he’s gonna take the action necessary to secure the city of Washington for the people who live here, for all the American people, and all who visit here. It’s our capital city, it is more violent than Baghdad, it is more violent than parts of Ethiopia and parts of many of the most …
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August 8, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Associated Press reports: The White House said Thursday night that there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital to combat crime for at least the next week, amid President Donald Trump ‘s suggestions that his administration could fully take over running the city. “Washington, DC is an amazing city, but it has been plagued …
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August 8, 2025 News, Politics
Axios reports: Israel’s security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal for the occupation of Gaza City, a senior Israeli official said. The decision, which came after more than 10 hours of consultations in the security cabinet, is the first phase in an offensive that could include the occupation of the entire Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces. President …
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August 8, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Yahoo News reports: Donald Trump has returned to promoting his own golf prowess, despite the growing debate over how much “help” he has had to achieve his victories. On Thursday, Trump posted a photo on his Truth Social account holding two trophies, writing, “Winning the Senior Club Championship, and the Super Senior Club Championship, last weekend at Bedminster.” Bedminster is …
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August 8, 2025 Fox News, State Television
The Daily Express reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters stirred up controversy on Thursday after floating the idea of a “mostly peaceful invasion” of Canada, which Trump slammed with tariffs earlier this year, prompting online backlash. During Tuesday’s broadcast of The Five, Watters addressed the ongoing debate over gerrymandering, suggesting that if Democrats were going to “rip up the rules,” …
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August 8, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump Administration
The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump Jr. is keeping up his streak as purveyor of unusual memes involving his father with a new Instagram post featuring Donald Sr. on the roof of the White House. The image, taken from a meme account on X called “Grand Old Memes” and which is at least partially AI-generated, shows Donald Trump on the …
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August 8, 2025 Politics, Trump Administration
The Associated Press reports: The Trump administration is doubling to $50 million a reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced cocaine. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his …
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August 8, 2025 Completely Horrible People
REPORTER: “I noticed that one of the accomplishments, the things you were touting, was the I-5/I-26 interchange. But that funding came from the Inflation Reduction Act, which you voted against.” MACE: “Right.” REPORTER: “Is that an accomplishment then? That’s something you can tout?” MACE: “Absolutely I can tout that because I will often argue over how much money is spent, …
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August 8, 2025 Fox News, State Television
“When it comes to these local election of the New York City mayor, I mean, this is most important city in the world and its on the verge of electing an open communist who believes in blowing up buses and cafes as a sign of resistance called intifada and redefining that so that people don’t really know what it means.” …
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